Populating textarea using ViewBag ASP.NET Core MVC

Question

I have this textarea that is not being populated. The viewbag is not empty because if I populate a textbox instead, the information in @ViewBag.JobsDetails.job_description shows. It just does not show in a textarea

<div class="col-lg-6 mb-4">
    <label class="form-label" asp-for="job_description"></label>
    <textarea class="form-control" asp-for="job_description">@ViewBag.JobsDetails.job_description</textarea>
</div>

Answer 1

From Textarea does not display value when it has an asp-for parameter we can see:

The behavior you're observing here is by-design. asp-for purposefully overwrites the content of the text area.

And below are two options you can refer:

Option 1.use name attribute not asp-for like:

<div class="col-lg-6 mb-4">
         <label class="form-label" asp-for="job_description"></label>
         <textarea class="form-control" name="job_description">@ViewBag.JobsDetails.job_description</textarea>
   </div>

Option 2.you can pass the model to the view like:

In Controller:

public IActionResult Index()
 {

     ViewBag.JobsDetails = new JobsDetails()
     {
         job_description = "Steve"
        
     };
     var model = ViewBag.JobsDetails;
     return View(model);
 }

In the view:

<div class="col-lg-6 mb-4">
         <label class="form-label" asp-for="job_description"></label>
         <textarea class="form-control" asp-for="job_description"></textarea>
   </div>

result: